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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 92: Relating to the reporting of false information regarding suspected dependent adult abuse in facilities and programs, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the reporting of false information regarding suspected dependent adult abuse in facilities and programs. The bill provides that a person who reports or causes to be reported false information regarding a suspected case of dependent adult abuse, knowing that the information is false or that the abuse did not occur, commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2023

  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. January 18, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 23, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Evans and Quirmbach

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF92